During this final workshop, the 49 participants from 28 countries will meet 61 high-profile European film industry professionals in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and pitch the 28 projects that have been developed throughout the workshop year.
This year, 61 key industry professionals have confirmed their attendance as decision makers: Jean-Baptiste Babin / Backup Media Group (FR), Robert Balinski /Polish Film Insitute (PL), Kazz Basma / Sideways Film (UK), Doreen Boonekamp / Dutch Film Fund (NL), Laure Caillol / Haut et Court (FR), Laurent Daneliou / Rezo Films (FR), Caroline Daube / all-in-production (DE), Isabel Davis / BFI - British Film Institute (UK), Sarah Dillon / Irish Film Board (IE), Ellis Driessen / Fortissimo Films (NL), Katharina Duffner / ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel (DE), Elin Erichsen / Norwegian Film Institute (NO), Andrea Ernst / WDR (DE), Leslie Finlay / Creative Scotland (UK), Niklas Frost / LevelK (DK), Keiko Funato / Alpha Violet (FR), Marco Valerio Fusco / Intramovies (IT), Thomas Gammeltoft / Copenhagen Film Fund (DK), Alessandro Gropplero / Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund (IT), David Grumbach / BAC Films (FR), Helle Hansen / Danish Film Institute (DK), Sonja Heinen / World Cinema Fund (DE), Olivier Heitz / MK2 (FR), Peter Jäger / Autlook Filmsales (AT), Marje Jurtshenko / ERR - Estonian Public Broadcaster (EE), Kasia Karwan / Premium Films (FR), Danny Krausz / DOR FILM (AT), Titus Kreyenberg / unafilm (DE), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle / Under the Milky Way (FR), Karoliina Martikainen / Yellow Affair (SE), Karen Michael / ARTE France - Society and Culture Department (FR), Anthony Muir / Film i Väst (SE), Jan Naszewski / New Europe Film Sales (PL), Valeska Neu / Films Boutique (DE), Beatrice Neumann / The Works International (UK), Simon Ofenloch / ZDF/ARTE (DE), Jan Roekens / Screen Flanders (BE), Petri Rossi / Finnish Film Foundation (FI), Andreas Rothbauer / Picture Tree International (DE), Jozko Rutar / Slovenian Film Centre (SI), Daniel Saltzwedel / Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Karin Schockweiler / Film Fund Luxembourg (LU), Katriel Schory / Israel Film Fund (IL), Hannah Thomas / Ffilm Cymru Wales (UK), Agathe Valentin / Les Films du Losange (FR), Christiana Wertz / BLS Südtirol ? Alto Adige (IT), Sasha Wieser / EastWest Filmdistribution (AT), Oliver Zeller / MFG Medien-und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (DE) and Xiaojuan Zhou / Attraction Distribution (CA).
Among them, various special guests from leading European co-production markets EAVE has partnerships with will present themselves and their events to the participants and be available for one-to-one meetings: Amra Baksic-Camo / CineLink (BA), Julie Bergeron / Producers Network / Rencontres de Coproduction Francophone / Frontières (FR), Martina Bleis / connecting cottbus (DE), Matthieu Darras / TorinoFilmLab (IT), Daniella Eversby / CPH:DOX (DK), Alessandro Gropplero / When East Meets West (IT), Sonja Heinen / Berlinale Co-Production Market (DE), Vanja Kaludjercic / Paris Project & Arc 1950 Coproduction Village (FR), Marge Liiske / Baltic Event (EE), Ananda Sepka / Open Doors (CH), Mira Staleva / Sofia Meetings (BG), Gülin Üstün / Meetings on the Bridge (TK), Marit van den Elshout / CineMart (NL) and Signe Zeilich-Jensen / Holland Film Meeting (NL).
In addition, the schedule offers plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and guests: Linda Beath (IT) - Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Sibylle Kurz (DE) - Pitching, Pierre Emmanuel Mouthuy (BE) – Legal Aspects of Distribution and Sales, Nikolaj Nikitin (DE) - Festival strategies and Jani Thiltges (LU) - Career Development. Management coach Michael Comyn (The Fearless Organisation, IE) will give an introduction to the art of negotiation and train the participants in group sessions. Independent producer and EAVE graduate Leila Lyytikäinen (Fisher King, FI) will share her experiences of developing and producing TV drama, using the successful TV series NYMPHS as a case study. Michel Reilhac (FR) will give a transmedia session about the current state of digital technologies. A panel session with Linda Beath and Jean-Luc Ormières (FR) will address the question of the financial impact of digital distribution of European films.
EAVE is delighted to give local film-professionals an opportunity to get a taste of EAVE. They are welcome to attend the plenary sessions and the special "EAVE@Cologne" workshop with tailor-made sessions for local professionals. EAVE Chief Executive Kristina Trapp will open the programme. EAVE Head of Studies Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU) will share his experinces of co-productions, EAVE Guest Expert Jan Naszewski (Film New Europe Sales, PL) will give an introduction to classic vs. alternative distribution, as well as to marketing and sales. EAVE Group Leader Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Film, DK) will share her experience about co-producing and managing documentaries, and EAVE Group Leaders Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (Flying Moon Filmproduktion, DE) and Diana Elbaum (Entre chien et loup, BE) will tackle the topic of branding yourself as a producer.
In the session “Producing and Co-producing in NRW and Germany” Helga Binder (Film- und Medienstiftung NRW) and Cornelia Hammelmann (FFA/German Federal Film Fund) will present the existing opportunities for producers to co-produce with Germany and the region of NRW.
EAVE is grateful for the support for the Workshop 3 2014 from: Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Creative Europe Desk NRW and Weydemann Bros.
The first two workshops of 2014 took place in Luxembourg (March 10-17) and Bolzano, Italy (June 16-23).
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